School district · Virginia
Petersburg City Public Schools
Petersburg City Public Schools in Virginia: 7 public schools with 4,582 students and 14.5 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $16,274 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 7
- Students
- 4,582
- Students per teacher
- 14.5
- VA 13.4 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $16,274
- VA $17.1K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 316
- Counselors (FTE)
- 13.0
- Students per counselor
- 353
- VA 280 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 1.0
- Librarians (FTE): 7.0
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Virginia's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Virginia: 72%37%proficient
−1.9 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 99% of school districts in Virginia
Median 70% · 131 school districts compared
1,825 students tested, grades 3–8 · Standards of Learning; proficient means Levels 2-3
Math
Virginia: 66%29%proficient
+4.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 98% of school districts in Virginia
Median 67% · 131 school districts compared
1,709 students tested, grades 3–8 · Standards of Learning; proficient means Levels 2-3
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 20% · $16.4M
- State
- 62% · $50.2M
- Local
- 17% · $14M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $8,689
- Support services
- $6,960
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $8.2M
- Long-term debt
- $1.5M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Westview Early Childhood Education CenterFree meals for all | Pre-K | 418 | 14.9 | — | — |
Cool Spring ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 540 | 14.6 | 36% | 34% |
Lakemont ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 393 | 11.9 | 24% | 32% |
Pleasants Lane ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 493 | 12.6 | 35% | 35% |
Walnut Hill ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 574 | 14.4 | 49% | 45% |
Vernon Johns MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 949 | 15.6 | 37% | 20% |
Petersburg HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,215 | 16.0 | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 255 South Boulevard East, Petersburg, VA 23805
- Phone
- (804)732-0510
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.